2011.11.02

=l. **Assess field trip**= =**Morning**= =**Lunch**= =**Afternoon**= = = =**2. ERB week (practice tests on Nov. 7 or 8?)**= = = =**3. Literature Circles/Book Club sceduled to begin ERB week. What is our plan?**= = = =**4. Jane Keily will attend to talk with us about some ideas for ERB week.**=
 * Overall, the students comments and feedback were quite positive. They were engaged and for the most part, well behaved throughout the day. **
 * Our stop at Glorioso's ranked very hight on everyone's list. Mr. Michael Glorioso was engaging to the children as he related personal family stories with great deal of passion and enthusiasm. The teacher's were impressed with the Jewish Museum. Some suggestions: **
 * next year, have someone meet and talk with us at St. Josephat's, connect with the Black History Museum, lunch at a restaurant (perhaps owned by a USM parent, provide an AM snack of cheese stick and apple, breaking the trip into two 1/2 days connected to our MAM trips **.
 * math**
 * reading**
 * science/ss**
 * team building**
 * ERB week we will teach 3 everyday math lessons, one of which will be the review lesson and packet for unit 4, and test unit 4 on Nov. 21 or 22. In reading we will read Stealing Home during ERB week, and cancel our science and social studies during that week. **
 * Lit circles book club will begin Dec. 5 and run till winter break.Shakespeare will begin Jan. 3. Ren will connect with Laurie Barth. In writing we will all start Fiction Stories from Lucy Calkins. **
 * Jane shared some interesting information about brain activity and will send us some things we can do during ERB testing. We all thought it sounded fascinating and want to be involved with the newest research and how we can help our students. We have all agreed to take the 4th graders on a 20 minute walk in the morning before administrating the first ERB each day. Jane will notify Carolyn that during that week the children should be permitted to wear tennis shoes with uniforms. **